CVE-2023-5714 System Dashboard <= 2.8.7 - Missing Authorization to Information Disclosure (sd_db_specs)
Authenticated subscribers can retrieve sensitive data key specs due to missing capability checks in the System Dashboard plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-5714?
CVE-2023-5714 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in qriouslad System Dashboard, published on 7 Dec 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The System Dashboard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the sd_db_specs() function hooked via an AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to retrieve data key specs.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-5714?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Bowo System Dashboard.
How do I fix CVE-2023-5714?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-5714 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2023-5714 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-5714 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in qriouslad System Dashboard
- CVE-2024-12299 System Dashboard <= 2.8.17 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via Filename Parameter
- CVE-2024-11107 System Dashboard < 2.8.15 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS
- CVE-2023-7246 System Dashboard < 2.8.10 - XSS via Header Injection
- CVE-2024-10708 System Dashboard < 2.8.15 - Admin+ Path Traversal
- CVE-2023-5710 System Dashboard <= 2.8.7 - Missing Authorization to Information Disclosure (sd_constants)
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7hj5-pcgr-frg2.